Like all great stories, ‘How Helio Happened’ is a love story. A shared love of the great Chardonnays of the world.  And the drive to make one. Matt Kirby and Dave Nash met whilst Dave and his crew were filming ‘A Seat at the Table’, a film that (spoiler alert) highlights New Zealand’s unique ability to grow and make world class Chardonnay. 

Matt and his much better half (and love of his life), Sarah Little, also a winemaker formally at Felton Road had been in love with the idea of producing their own wine brand for many years.  As these stories always go, one thing led to another and over a glass of Chardonnay or two the idea that the trio would start a wine brand was born.

Very delicate in colour, almost antique white gold in the glass.  Light and refreshing on the nose with a bright chalkiness we always find in Helio.  Lime citrus leads in some fresh light and crunchy stone fruit aromatics.  Very precise on the palate with a liner acid line of limey citrus and white peach.  The refreshing high acid is perfectly paired with the fine grained pithy white tanning profile that gives this wine a very long finish, grip and texture.